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May. 21st, 2025 03:13 pm
isis: (cowboy callum)
[personal profile] isis
What I recently finished watching:

S3 of Dark Winds, which GRRM (who is an executive producer of the show) makes a cameo in, hee. Also Jenna Elfman guest stars as an FBI investigator in from DC. This one goes hard on the "dark" part of the title, with some fairly gruesome crimes going on, as well as the emotional darkness from the fallout of the events of the previous season.

As usual I really enjoyed seeing my local landscapes, and the general Indian-country vibe of the show. (As I've mentioned before, I live not far from Navajo, though the local tribe is actually the Southern Ute; also, the college down the road is free for enrolled tribal members of any US tribe.) I was less a fan of how the season really consisted of very separate storylines, Bernie in the Border Patrol and Joe and Jim on the rez, however, the Navajo police investigation was well integrated with Joe's personal story, which made it all that more interesting. (Also here I have to admit that although I like Jim Chee as a character, I don't find him very attractive - a combination of Kiowa Gordon's chubby face and his truly dreadful 1970's costuming - so the romantic storyline was a little flat for me.)

However, damn do I love Bernie! However, her storyline confused me a bit, because it started out being about human trafficking but ended up being about drugs? But there was also a frightened Mexican family involved? Not sure what was going on there. I did figure out before the reveal who the bad guys and the complicit guys were (and heh, I bet the Republicans are none too pleased at the show painting the Border Patrol as a den of corruption) and wow, the ending of that bit was very kickass.

What I'm watching now:

S2 of Andor, which I only remember certain points from S1 so I was pretty confused during the first episode. Hopefully it will become clear(er) after the second episode, tonight.

Pride (2014) + moving to music

May. 21st, 2025 09:32 pm
schneefink: River walking among trees, from "Safe" (Default)
[personal profile] schneefink
L and I are both out of practice when it comes to, uh, sailing the high seas, so when we wanted to watch Pride we walked over to the local library and borrowed the DVD. (The library has two entire #BookTok shelves btw.) Which turned out to be a great choice because we really enjoyed the DVD extra about the actual history. Finding out that there were actual LGSM members walking in the march at the end made it even better.

Such a good movie. Even before I watched it, a gif set of the ending (which of course I can't find again rn) was one of the few things on Tumblr to reliably get me teary-eyed. (The other one being the story of the RMS Carpathia.) Learning about the characters that were based on real people, and their fates, and then of course of the waves resulting from their actions, was a very good finish. (I was slightly embarrassed that I didn't remember where I knew Gethin's actor from until I read Andrew Scott in the end credits.)


I agreed to house&pet-sit a couple of times for friends that are leaving for a three week vacation next week, so on Monday I got the introduction to the house. I expected that I would most look forward to spending time in the garden and/or pool, and also take advantage of the fancy kitchen, maybe the Xbox Gamepass or Switch, but that's before I got the introduction to the VR glasses. Now I suspect I will spend a significant amount of time playing Beat Saber. You have lightsabers! And move to the music! Idk maybe the shine will wear off quick but I'm really looking forward to playing.

The Incandescent (Tesh)

May. 20th, 2025 08:34 pm
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[personal profile] cahn
4+/5. Cut for length and at least one random aside; no spoilers. )

Not sure about that one minor spoilery thing. )

Anyway... [personal profile] hidden_variable and K, I spent this entire book thinking, you should absolutely and positively read this book!! (And many of the rest of you should too -- [personal profile] crystalpyramid, I think this is also directly relevant to your interests -- though I also don't think everyone who liked SDG will like it.)

Murderbot TV episodes 1 and 2

May. 20th, 2025 09:20 pm
lannamichaels: Astronaut Dale Gardner holds up For Sale sign after EVA. (Default)
[personal profile] lannamichaels

  • Improvement from the book: I can tell people apart! Yay!


  • Didn't recall that Pin-Lee is the lawyer until I went to go check who played the character. But I can tell them apart!


  • Pin-Lee is so fucking hot.


  • Gurathin's my fave. IIRC from the first book, he was the only one to distinguish himself as an individual character and I didn't like him. But he's so good here. Definitely favorite character.


  • There is something about Skarsgard that is driving me bonkers, and I think it's his voice/accent. Everyone else is so individual and he sounds so... like, it would be one thing if he sounded robotic but he doesn't. It sounds better when it has the helmet-voice-modifier thing going, but in general... IDK still feeling the whole "completely miscast" vibes.


  • Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon: every single person involved in this -- from the writers, to the set people, the props people, the hair and makeup people, the special effects people, the actors, the editors, everyone who had anything at all to do with it -- are having the time of their life doing this and it shows.

petra: Barbara Gordon smiling knowingly (Default)
[personal profile] petra
There are three new podfics of my work today, which is a sure sign that somewhere on the internet, someone is hosting a podfic-creation party. Dark is Rising, Rivers of London, and Vorkosigan. Enjoy! Feed the podficcers!




[Podfic] Old ways (45 words) by FlightlessNotFightless
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Will Stanton (Dark is Rising)
Additional Tags: Drabble, Walking, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

Will goes for walks for his mental health.

Podfic of Old ways by Petra.


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[Podfic] Not an asinine question (68 words) by GoLBPodfics
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Indigo & Abigail Kamara
Characters: Indigo (Rivers of London), Abigail Kamara
Additional Tags: Humor, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:

Indigo and Abigail walk in the park.


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[Podfic] Cretaceous Park (68 words) by GoLBPodfics
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Miles Vorkosigan & Ivan Vorpatril
Characters: Miles Vorkosigan, Ivan Vorpatril
Additional Tags: Dinosaurs, Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes
Summary:

I think they're Jacksonian.

jesse_the_k: My black mutt totally blissed out, on her back, paws folded (BELLA on back)
[personal profile] jesse_the_k

On day one, she was beautiful, and brave, and ready to cuddle. She was underweight, so her sleek black-and-brown body just fills an oval bed. Staring right at the camera with hope and trepidation, her stuffed alligator rests in front.

Click for pic )

Today was her last day.

Euthanasia, generally described )

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